Re: NAQT ICT: Div I final team ranks

• From: jpahk <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 09:58:30 -0000
• Message-ID: <b6oto6+94ud_at_...>

jerry is right. berkeley A defeated michigan A in a slightly 
unorthodox, but highly appropriate, "play-in" game, which was sort of 
like resolving a protest under the "trial by ordeal" system, for the 
right to get smacked down by chicago in the finals. due to some 
weirdness of format, which is unfortunate for michigan but (in my 
opinion) better than some of the drawbacks of other formats, michigan 
A slipped behind maryland A, who won all of their playoff matches 
against substantially weaker competition, to fall to 4th place. i 
think everybody who was at the tournament recognized that michigan 
and berkeley played at a higher level than any other teams; neither 
lost a match to anybody other than each other and chicago.

speaking of chicago (and speaking of playing at a high level), if you 
missed the subash maddipotti show this weekend, well, you may never 
see the likes of it again. the full stats are forthcoming, but not 
only did subash lead his team to an undefeated record against some 
outrageously strong competition, but i believe it was announced that 
his individual scoring average for the tournament was something like 
4.9 points per tossup heard. this was very nearly a factor of two 
larger than the next-highest scorer. in the rounds before power-
matching, subash averaged 140 ppg (including 5.5 power TU/g) and 
second-place was 70 ppg. in the finals against a very game berkeley A 
squad, subash powered damn near everything in sight. all hail subash, 
destroyer of worlds.

finally, a minor correction: chris sewell, author of SQBS, played for 
stanford A, not stanford B.

joon

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, grapesmoker <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, matt979 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > Div I team statistics, individual statistics, round summaries, 
and 
> > so on will come out at some point (not today).  I suspect the 
same 
> > is true of Div II statistics.
> > 
> > Asterisks denote all-undergraduate teams.
> > 
> > 1. Chicago (undefeated)
> > 2. Michigan A
> > 3. Maryland
> > 4. Berkeley A
> 
> I'm pretty sure this isn't right because Berkeley A played Chicago 
> in the final, so it's Berkeley in the 2nd place, not Michigan. 
Also, 
> we've already left with the 2nd place trophy.
> 
> Jerry